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Ivanplats Completes $300M IPO

Ivanplats Limited (Ivanplats) completed its initial public offering of 63,327,000 Class A common shares at a price of $4.75 (US$4.85) per share for gross proceeds of approximately $300 million (US$307 million). Ivanplats is a Canadian mining company focused on the exploration and development of major copper, platinum, gold, nickel and zinc project.

Ivanplats granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 15 per cent of the aggregate number of Class A common shares issued at the closing at a price of $4.75 per share. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the total gross proceeds to the company will be $346 million (US$354 million).

Ivanplats was represented by Goodmans LLP in Vancouver, with a team that included David Redford, Sean Mason, Kimberly Burns, Alex Bayer, Mahdi Shams, Kara Hardin and Sarah Harper (corporate/securities/mining) and in Toronto by David Veneziano and Ken Saddington (tax).

The Underwriters were represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included Quentin Markin in Sydney, Australia, Rhoda Aylward and Steven Bennett in Toronto (corporate/securities/mining).